disvalue
- noun
- /dɪsˈvælju/
:
desvaloración
- The disvalue of that decision became evident when it caused widespread discontent.
Examples
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Hence, Kenneth Himes has characterized social sin as "the disvalue ... embedded in a pattern of societal organization and cultural understanding," such as systemic racism, sexism, or imperialism.
Academic text (2010) -
And I think there is social disvalue in pursuing that question.
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I aim to show how the dynamics of culture and religion bear on the way our moral vision is shaped relative to how we see reality, what we regard as values or disvalues, and what we judge as right or wrong.
Academic text (2006) -
As a moral philosopher in the phenomenological tradition, Kolnai was especially keen to describe precisely and amply the moral domain, our moral consciousness, its various attitudes, and the teeming contents of value and disvalue that it brings to light.
Academic text (2002) -
Many people recognized the disvalue of the old policy and pushed for reform.
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The disvalue associated with wasting resources is clear to anyone who cares about the environment.
Synonyms
5
3.8
A bad point or feature of something
3
6.3
A fall in value of things like property or money over time
3
6.3
A feeling that you have no value or importance
2
9.9
Something of little or no worth
A situation in which something has no value
Harm that a person suffers from an action or choice
Antonyms
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disvalue comes from the first part dis- meaning 'not' or 'away' and value meaning 'worth'. So a disvalue is a loss of worth or something seen as having little or no value.